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What factors helped the dust bowl?

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Anonymous

10y ago
Updated: 6/19/2022

The Dust Bowl was a severe ecologic disaster in the Plains of the United States in the 1930s. During this period, a severe drought set into the Plains. At the same time, many farmers had plowed up acres of prairie land and destroyed the root network that anchored the soil in place. When the rains dried up, the soil became dry and without the roots of the native plants turned to dust whenever the wind blew. The dust storms were so widespread and severe they were named the Dust Bowl, and they caused thousands of farmers to go bankrupt, contributing to the Great Depression.

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Trever Windler

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3y ago

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